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May 5, 1925.

- 0. R. FREDSELL IAG'AZINE FOR LABELING MACHINES Filed March 1. 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 A TTGPN May 5, 1925.

C. R. FREDSELL MAGAZINE FOR LABELING MACHINES Filed March 1- 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet z IN VEN TOR zyfiQl A TTO Patented R ley 5, i925.

STATE CHARLES RAGNAR FREDSELL,

or NEWARK, NEW JEnsnY.

MAGAZINE FOR LABELING MACHINES.

Application filed March 1, 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it lznown that 1, CHARLES RAoNAn l nnosnnn, a citizen of the United States, rosiding in the city of Newark, county ofEssex, and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in. Maga-- zines for Labeling Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to magazines used with labeling machines more particularly to the type of labeling machine in which the label magazine is moved to and from the article to be labeled and has for its object to provide a mechanism that will enlarge the contact surface of the label with the article upon it being presented to the article to be affixed.

Little or no trouble has been experienced in the design of a machine that will automatically label articles which present a flat surface to the reciprocating label magazine, but with a round or otherwise curved surface there has been insu'llicient contact surface to hold the label to the article with suflicient power to withdraw the label from the n'iagazine and hold it until it is wiped in position. My magazine shapes up the label to conforn'i to the curved surface to which it is to be affixed thereby presenting a larger contact surfacebetween the label and the article which holds the label to the article. until the wiping station completes the operation. i

The foregoing and other features of my invention will now be described in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification in which I have represented my magazine in its preferred forn'i, after which I shall point out more particularly in the claims those features which I believe to be new and of my own invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 illustrates a plan view of my la bel magazine shown connected to a reciprocating labeling machine, and in relative position to an article to be labeled, and the pasting roller.

Figure 2 is an elevation of my magazine, as in Figure 1.

Figure 3 shows themagazine with relative position of the stack of labels as the foremost label first contacts with the curved surface on which it is to be afiixed.

Figure l shows the magazine in further forward position with the label shaped up Serial No. 622,145.

be affixed.

[On the drawings the details of my improvement are illustrated in heavy lines, the broken lines illustrating a typical labeling machine mechanism in which the magazine is reciprocated to and from the article to be labeled.

The label applying mechanism includes a label box 1 or magazine mounted and operated in a manner peculiar to my invention for effecting the application of labels directly from thelabel box to the surfaces of the article or articles. Said label box is provided at its delivery end 2 witlr retainers in the form of lips 3, and said label box is mounted on a reciprocating member 4, such as a slide, positioned for movement in a path transversely to the lineof feed of the articles upon the runway 5, it being preferred todetachably position the label box upon the slide and to interlock said box to the slide, whereby the label box may be dismounted at will and with facility and to be replaced with other label boxes in case it is desired to substitute other labels of a different size and character.

Within the label box is a follower 6, pro vided with a stem 7, the latter being retained in an operative relation to the label box by a cramping device so that the mass of labels are held or gripped between the followor (3 and the retainers 3 of the label box to such an extent that the foremost label of the mass will not be displaced out of position within said label box during the traversing movement of the paste roll 8 for applying the adhesive to the exposed surface of said foremost label. The label box and its contained parts are moved inward toward the runway by the motion of the label box slide, through any well known actuating means as rocker arm 9, and during this inward movement of said parts, the pasted label is pressed into contact with the surface of the article 10 so as to be affixed thereto. At this stage, the motion of the mass of labels with the follower 6 and the stem 7 is arrested by the resistance of the article, but the label box is capableof a continued bodily movement in the inward direction under the action of the actuating means 9, for the label box slide, the effect of which inward movement is to carry the retainers 3 of the label box inwardly beyond the foremost label, thus relieving the labels from the gripping action obtained normally by the cooperation. of the retainers 3, and the followers 6, whereby the foremost label is conformed to the contour of the curved surface of the article to be labeled by the spring shaping fingers 11 and pressed into intimate contact with the article. Upon the outward movement of the label box, the foremost label remains affixed to the article as it is free to slip out of the label box. The retainers of the label box re-engage with the next label in the mass and all the parts recede with the box 1 and the slide at so as to be withdrawn away from the path of the articles, the spring fingers 11 being withheld from the box by the stack of labels. Co -operating with the follower rod, or stem 7, is a cramping device by which a relative movement is obtained between the 'follower and the label box so as to compensate for the space vacated by the removal of the labels, as well as the looseness occasioned by the application of the label, said cramping device being in the form of a cramp plate 15 hung on the follower rod 7 held in vertical position by spring 16 when slide moves towards -ar ticle to be labeled. On the outward movement of slide lower end of cramp plate 15 contacts withcushion spring 18 on guide rod 17 which has adjusting nuts for regulating the pressure of cushionspring. l i 'hen sprin 18 contacts with cramp plate it tillIGS a slightly inclined position and binds on fol lower rod and brings the mass of labels firmly up against the label box retainers.

A paste roll 8 is shown associated with the label box for the purpose of applying an adhesive tothe exposed face of the foremost label. Said paste roll 8 is mounted for traversing movement across the delivery end of the label box, and it is so guided or directed that said roll will contact with the surface of the label for practically the full width and length thereof, the roll being directed in a path which precludes the application of the adhesive to the edges of the labels confined withinsaid box whereby the adhesive is so applied that the labels will not adhere one to the. other, all of which is common to labeling machines which provided withreciprocating magazines.

Most of the above description is common to labeling machines provided with reciprocatinglabel i'i'iagazines and requires no further description.

My invention is the means to conform the label to the shape of the article to be labeled and in carrying out my invention I employ the label box 1 mounted to reciprocate to and from a series of articles 10. In themagazine 1 is a stack of labels 20 held in between the follower G and the spring actuated yielding retaining lip Spring shaping lingers 11 rest upon the stack of labels and are withheld by reason of the fact that the labels are closely stacked between the follower and the retaining lips. As soon as the fore most label contacts with the article to be labeled and upon arresting of the movement of the follower 6 the continued movement of the magazine permits the spring shaping vlingers 11 to enter between the labels on account oi the looseness in the stack of labels and the foremost labels are conformed to the shape of the article to be labeled, as will be readily understood by referring to Figures 3 and l. This presents a large gummed surface of the label to the article whichprovides a suilicient power to withdraw the label from the magazine as the movement of the magazine away from the article takes place.

Heretofore the retaining lips have been rigidly connected to the magazine and have been the ca se of considerable trouble in their contacting with the article to be labeled in the event of the magazine travelling too close, thereby breaking or otherwise damaging the articles to be labeled. in my magazine the retaining lips 3 are telescopically mounted in the bottom and sides of the magazine. In the bottom of the magazine the retaining lips 3 slide in grooves provided for the purpose. On the sides I provide a somewl'iat different construction in which the lips 'are fastened on the end of extensions adapted to slide in bearings 31 held in extended position by the spring 32. This pro ides a quick release of the labels from frictional contact with the lips after compression for any cause and permits easy withdrawal of the foremost label when it is attached to the article to be labeled.

1 am aware that labeling magazines have been used before on machines provided with reciprocating magazines such as that disclosed in United States Patent to C. S. Weeks, No. 1,425,351, patented August 8, 1922, at that machine and others now in use will not a'l'l'ix labels to curved surfaces and it is upon that detailed improvement 1 base my claims.

Having thus described my invention what I desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a labeling machine, a label carrying magazine movable relatively to the path of articles to be labeled, shaping lingers normally held inoperable by the stack of labels, to conform the foremost labels to the contour of the curved surface of the article immediately upon the label coming in contact with the article.

2 In a labeling machine, a label magazine movable relatively to the path of articles to be labeled, shaping lingers normally held inoperable by the stack of labels, set in. operation ly the contact of the label with the article, to immediately conform the label to the convex shape of the article.

In a labeling machine, a label carry ing magazine for directly applying a la bel to an article, meansfer' inoving said magazine relatively to the article, shaping fingers held. inoperable by the compressed stack of labels to conform the label to the convex shape of the article upon the center of the foremost label contacting with the article.

l. In a labeling machine, a label carrying magazine mounted to move toward and from the article to be labeled, a follower in the magazine, means for arresting the movement of the follower, said arresting means being controlled by the movement of the magazine away from the article, means normally held inoperable by the stack of labels, to conform the label to the contour of the article upon arresting the movement of the follower.

5. In a labeling machine, a label carrying magazine open at the delivery end and provided with spring actuated label retaining means, means for imparting reciprocating motion to the magazine, a follower mounted within the magazine for co-operation with the label retaining means Whereby the labels are confined interposed between the follower and the label retaining means, a friction device co-operating with the follower for permitting continued movement of the magazine and label retaining means toward the article, means normally held inoperable by the stack of labels, set in operation by the retarding of the follower to conform the label to the contour of the surface of the article upon continued movement of the magazine toward the article.

6. In a labeling machine, a label carrying magazine open at the delivery end and provided with longitudinally yielding 1abel retaining lips, means to project the lips into their extended position whereby the frictional resistance between the lips and the 'foremost label is diminished as the label is withdrawn from the magazine.

7. In a labeling machine, a label carrying magazine movable relatively to the path of articles to be labeled; spring lingers mounted on the side of the label magazine held normally outside the magazine by the stack oflabcls when the label magazine is away from the article to be labaled, but enter the magazine when the foremost label contacts with the article to be labeled.

8.'The device of claim 6 the yielding retaining means being spring actuated.

9. In a labeling machine, a label magazine open at the deliveryend, provided with yielding retaining means and means normally held inoperable by the stack of labels, set in. operation by the contact of the label with the article'to be labeled to conform the label to the curvature of the article to be labeled.

10. In a labeling machine a label carrying magazine movable relatively to the path of articles to be labeled, label shaping fingers mounted on the side of the magazine held normally inoperative until the foremost label contacts with the article to be labeled, means to advance the stack of labels in the magazine to normally hold the shaping lingers in their inoperative posi'tion.

11. In a labeling machine, a label carrying magazine open at the delivery end and provided with yielding label retaining lips; spring fingers, mounted on the side of the magazine, held normally outside the magazine by the compressed stack of labels, but which enter the magazine when the foremost label contacts with the articles to be labeled to conform the foremost labels to the'contour of the article to be labeled.

12. In a labeling machine, a reciprocating label carrying magazine adapted to move to and from the path of articles to be labeled, shaping lingers mounted on the sides of the magazine to conform the fore most labels to the contour of the curved surface of the article to be labeled immediately upon the foremost label coming in contact with the article to be labeled, means to advance the stack of labels in the magazine to normally hold inoperable the shapmg fingers.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

Cl'IriRLES RAGNAR FREDSELL. Witnesses Rmenny TAYLOR BACHER, A. Ln Roi? AOKEPMAN. 

